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The Place du Tertre (French pronunciation: [plas dy tɛʁtʁ]) is a square in the 18th arrondissement of Paris, France. Only a few streets away from the Basilica of the Sacré Cœur and the Lapin Agile cabaret , it is near the summit of the city's elevated Montmartre quarter.
La Mère Catherine (French pronunciation: [la mɛʁ katʁin]) is a brasserie in the 18th arrondissement of Paris, France. It is the oldest still-operating restaurant at the Place du Tertre . [ 1 ] It is situated in a building that previously served as the church presbytery of Saint-Pierre de Montmartre .
Therese of Lisieux OCD (French: Thérèse de Lisieux [teʁɛz də lizjø]; born Marie Françoise-Thérèse Martin; 2 January 1873 – 30 September 1897), in religion Therese of the Child Jesus and the Holy Face (Thérèse de l'Enfant Jésus et de la Sainte Face), was a French Discalced Carmelite who is widely venerated in modern times.
Le Bateau-Lavoir, c. 1910. The Bateau-Lavoir (French pronunciation: [bato lavwaʁ] ⓘ, "Washhouse Boat") is the nickname of a building in the Montmartre district of the 18th arrondissement of Paris that is famous in art history as the residence and meeting place for a group of outstanding early 20th-century artists such as Pablo Picasso, men of letters, theatre people, and art dealers.
“Home is a shelter from storms — all sorts of storms.” — William J. Bennett, former U.S. Secretary of Education “No matter who you are or where you are, instinct tells you to go home.”
The Rue Foyatier is a street on the Montmartre butte ("outlier"), in the 18th arrondissement of Paris.Opened in 1867, it was given its current name in 1875, after the sculptor Denis Foyatier (1793–1863). [1]
Ignatius of Loyola and his followers chose the same site for the foundation the Company of Jesus, or Jesuit order in 1534. [5] [6] In the ninth century the church became a stop for pilgrims going to the Saint Denis Basilica. [7] In 1133 Louis VI purchased the territory of Montmartre from the monks of the Abbey of Saint-Martin-des-Champs. He and ...
Marguerite du Tertre de Lamarche (1638–1706) was a French midwife. [1] [2] Marguerite Dutertre was born in 1638 to a poor family in Paris, and was orphaned at an early age. She was brought up by a woman named LaTouche, who acted as a mother to her.